Improvement in pruning-shears



M. GROVER.

Pruning-Shears.

N0;130,990, Patented Sep.3, 1872.

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MANASSEH enovnn, on CLYDE, OHIO.

IMPRQVEMENT IN PRUNlNG-SHEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,990, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Pruning-Shears,invented by lVIANAS- SEH GBOVER, of Clyde, in the county of Sandusky andState of Ohio.

The nature and object of my invention relates to the mode ofconstruction of the jawlever of the said prunin g-shears in such amanner as to diminish the expense of construction and enhance theirstrength and durability, and materially diminish the liability to becomederanged or out of order; but to accomplish these results the jaw-leveris cast of malleable castiron or any other suitable material, and iscast with a pivot, and rivet, and lapshoulder, and arranged and operatedin combination with the blade-lever and guide-cap. The obj eet of thepivot is to fasten the jaw-lever to the bladelever in the manner of apair of shears, and also fastens the forward end of the guide-cap ontothe blade-lever, and stands permanent with the jaw-lever withoutliability to become loose and vibrating, and is cheaper than the commonbolt-pivot, and also obviates the necessity of making a hole in thejaw-lever for said pivot, thereby avoiding that great weakening of thejaw-lever and facilitates the construction and enhances the permanencyof the pruning-shears; and the rivet, being cast with is an edge view ofthe pruning-shears shut.

A is the jaw-lever, cast of malleable castiron or any other suitablematerial, and is cast with the pivot B, and the rivet C, and the lapshoulder F, and arranged and operating in combination with theblade-lever E and guidecap D. B is the pivot, extending through theblade-lever E and guide-cap D, which fastens the said blade'lever to thejaw-lever A in the manner of a pair of shears. U is the rivet thatrivets the rear end of the guide-cap D onto the shank end of thejaw-lever A. D is the guide-cap that acts as a rivet-cap to the pivotalso as a guide that guides the blade-lever E"\ in such a manner as todiminish the liability of the blade L from looking with or cutting intothe jaw H. F is the lap-shoulder, which prevents the handles from comingin contact with the hands of the operator, and also raises the shank endof the jaw-leverA on a plane with the blade-lever E, which forms a planesurface for the guide-cap D to rest on, thereby requiring the that sideof the guide-cap to be straight, which facilitates its construction andenhances its durability.

What I claim as a new article of manufacture and as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The cast ja'w-lever A with thecast pivot B, and with the cast rivet O, and with the lapshoulder F,operating in combination with the blade-lever E and the guide-cap D. allconstructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth.

MANASSEH GROVER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE GnovEn, SMITH MorLEY.

B, and also as a rivet-cap to the rivet 0, and,

